#CD9D40#CD9D40

#CD9D40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.123 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9D40
RGB	rgb(205, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(40, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, 8.41, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 54.39, 81.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0192 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.123 81)
XYZ	xyz(38.1615, 37.4660, 10.0712)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9D40 #4070CD

analogous

#CD5640 #CD9D40 #B7CD40

triadic

#CD9D40 #40CD9D #9D40CD

tetradic

#CD9D40 #40CD56 #4070CD #CD40B7

square

#CD9D40 #40CD56 #4070CD #CD40B7

split-complementary

#CD9D40 #40B7CD #5640CD

monochromatic

#74571E #A57B2B #CD9D40 #DAB671 #E6CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#CD9D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#CD9D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9D40

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9D40	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.123 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0b979',
    500: '#cd9d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9d40;
$custom-light: #e0b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.574,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.12264,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.37463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9D40

secondary

#96ABD3

accent

#7BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9D40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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